diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/Kconfig b/drivers/interconnect/Kconfig
index 6fea3605f4a8..5b7204ee2eb2 100644
--- a/drivers/interconnect/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/interconnect/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 menuconfig INTERCONNECT
-	tristate "On-Chip Interconnect management support"
+	bool "On-Chip Interconnect management support"
 	help
 	  Support for management of the on-chip interconnects.
 
diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/core.c b/drivers/interconnect/core.c
index f9dd55a632dd..ece2a579a9b0 100644
--- a/drivers/interconnect/core.c
+++ b/drivers/interconnect/core.c
@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@ struct icc_path *devm_of_icc_get(struct device *dev, const char *name)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_of_icc_get);
 
 /**
- * of_icc_get() - get a path handle from a DT node based on name
+ * of_icc_get_by_index() - get a path handle from a DT node based on index
  * @dev: device pointer for the consumer device
- * @name: interconnect path name
+ * @idx: interconnect path index
  *
  * This function will search for a path between two endpoints and return an
  * icc_path handle on success. Use icc_put() to release constraints when they
@@ -394,13 +394,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_of_icc_get);
  * Return: icc_path pointer on success or ERR_PTR() on error. NULL is returned
  * when the API is disabled or the "interconnects" DT property is missing.
  */
-struct icc_path *of_icc_get(struct device *dev, const char *name)
+struct icc_path *of_icc_get_by_index(struct device *dev, int idx)
 {
-	struct icc_path *path = ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+	struct icc_path *path;
 	struct icc_node *src_node, *dst_node;
-	struct device_node *np = NULL;
+	struct device_node *np;
 	struct of_phandle_args src_args, dst_args;
-	int idx = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!dev || !dev->of_node)
@@ -420,12 +419,6 @@ struct icc_path *of_icc_get(struct device *dev, const char *name)
 	 * lets support only global ids and extend this in the future if needed
 	 * without breaking DT compatibility.
 	 */
-	if (name) {
-		idx = of_property_match_string(np, "interconnect-names", name);
-		if (idx < 0)
-			return ERR_PTR(idx);
-	}
-
 	ret = of_parse_phandle_with_args(np, "interconnects",
 					 "#interconnect-cells", idx * 2,
 					 &src_args);
@@ -468,12 +461,8 @@ struct icc_path *of_icc_get(struct device *dev, const char *name)
 		return path;
 	}
 
-	if (name)
-		path->name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
-	else
-		path->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s-%s",
-				       src_node->name, dst_node->name);
-
+	path->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s-%s",
+			       src_node->name, dst_node->name);
 	if (!path->name) {
 		kfree(path);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -481,6 +470,53 @@ struct icc_path *of_icc_get(struct device *dev, const char *name)
 
 	return path;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_icc_get_by_index);
+
+/**
+ * of_icc_get() - get a path handle from a DT node based on name
+ * @dev: device pointer for the consumer device
+ * @name: interconnect path name
+ *
+ * This function will search for a path between two endpoints and return an
+ * icc_path handle on success. Use icc_put() to release constraints when they
+ * are not needed anymore.
+ * If the interconnect API is disabled, NULL is returned and the consumer
+ * drivers will still build. Drivers are free to handle this specifically,
+ * but they don't have to.
+ *
+ * Return: icc_path pointer on success or ERR_PTR() on error. NULL is returned
+ * when the API is disabled or the "interconnects" DT property is missing.
+ */
+struct icc_path *of_icc_get(struct device *dev, const char *name)
+{
+	struct device_node *np;
+	int idx = 0;
+
+	if (!dev || !dev->of_node)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+	np = dev->of_node;
+
+	/*
+	 * When the consumer DT node do not have "interconnects" property
+	 * return a NULL path to skip setting constraints.
+	 */
+	if (!of_find_property(np, "interconnects", NULL))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * We use a combination of phandle and specifier for endpoint. For now
+	 * lets support only global ids and extend this in the future if needed
+	 * without breaking DT compatibility.
+	 */
+	if (name) {
+		idx = of_property_match_string(np, "interconnect-names", name);
+		if (idx < 0)
+			return ERR_PTR(idx);
+	}
+
+	return of_icc_get_by_index(dev, idx);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_icc_get);
 
 /**
@@ -970,12 +1006,7 @@ static int __init icc_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void __exit icc_exit(void)
-{
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(icc_debugfs_dir);
-}
-module_init(icc_init);
-module_exit(icc_exit);
+device_initcall(icc_init);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@linaro.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Interconnect Driver Core");
diff --git a/include/linux/interconnect.h b/include/linux/interconnect.h
index e56a95e3cf25..d8c29049f066 100644
--- a/include/linux/interconnect.h
+++ b/include/linux/interconnect.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct icc_path *icc_get(struct device *dev, const int src_id,
 			 const int dst_id);
 struct icc_path *of_icc_get(struct device *dev, const char *name);
 struct icc_path *devm_of_icc_get(struct device *dev, const char *name);
+struct icc_path *of_icc_get_by_index(struct device *dev, int idx);
 void icc_put(struct icc_path *path);
 int icc_enable(struct icc_path *path);
 int icc_disable(struct icc_path *path);
@@ -55,6 +56,11 @@ static inline struct icc_path *devm_of_icc_get(struct device *dev,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static inline struct icc_path *of_icc_get_by_index(struct device *dev, int idx)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline void icc_put(struct icc_path *path)
 {
 }